Goat Cheese and Dill Dutch Baby Recipe (2024)

I have been making dutch babies for 50 years and the ratio I use, whether sweet or savory, is roughly one quarter cup milk and one quarter cup flour for every egg. Sometimes I use 3 eggs and a half each if the eggs are really large. But 8 eggs and so little flour and milk sounds wrong. The goat cheese and dill and lemon mixture sounds brilliant. I just think there are too many eggs. I look forward to hearing comments from those who make this according to how it is written.

A triumph. Followed the recipe exactly and it puffed up magnificently (thrillingly higher and fuller than shown in the recipe photo) in 22 mins - a bit of a showstopper. Like the Yorkshire pudding of your dreams. The honey is an excellent finish. I’d happily serve this for dinner with other salads as it has a real wow factor when you bring it to table.

Really delicious. The eight eggs work beautifully to support the cheese and herbs and help turn the dish into a main course.

Made with 4 (lrg) eggs, a heavy 1/2c flour, 5oz milk, 1/4c dill and 4oz goat cheese. Used a 10" cast-iron skillet. Baked 20 minutes 425°, 5 minutes 300°. Topped with arugula. Made a lovely lunch for mom!

I cooked this last night with the 8 eggs against my better judgement and it was very dense and eggy, didn't resemble a dutch baby at all.

Whenever I make Dutch babies I make sure the eggs and milk are at room temperature. I also put all the batter ingredients into a blender, blend and let rest for 5 minutes or so to make sure the flour is fully hydrated before baking. Easy Peasy. My normal ratio is 3/4 cup flour for four eggs, so I’d probably add another half cup to this recipe.

The area of a 12" round skillet is 113 square inches (6x6x3.14). Either an 8" round skillet (50 sq. in.) or a 9" round skillet (64 sq. in.) has about half the surface area of a 12" skillet and would work. The Dutch baby would be a bit thicker in the 8" skillet and a bit thinner in the 9" skillet.

Cooked exactly to recipe and it puffed up beautifully. Will definitely make again, and use the base recipe for other flavor combinations. This one was absolutely delicious, and looked great.

Use 1/4 cup milk and flour per egg, or it will be like an omelet.And try it with different greens. Scallions?

We usually make the recipe as written the first time. But tonight we substituted feta and blue for goat cheese, cilantro for dill, and beet greens all because that was what we had. The texture was great and we will try again. Our flavor combination was a flop, however, though no fault of the NYT.

Excellent recipe for a savory pannekoeken topped with an herbal salad--a one-pan meal. We cut the quantities in half for two people, using a ten-inch skillet, which turned out to be just the right size. We subbed in fresh parsley and some homemade pesto Genovese for the fresh dill, which my wife doesn't care for. Otherwise, it was made as written. Flour/egg ratio was not a problem for us at all.

Hi, this looks like a fresh, easy and delicious dish. Egg lover over here. Question: could I substitute the milk with soya milk? (in this recipe and in general?)Also, please address Julie's comment as I could see that with a lower flour ratio it may essentially be an omelette.

I have used a ceramic pie pan when cooking for a larger crowd. Even a pyrex pie plate should work. It will puff.

+1 on Julie's comment. I have always used that same ratio that she notes - equal parts milk, flour, and egg. This is a family recipe the we have followed for I don't know how long.

Is there a recommendation for what type of goat cheese to purchase? Whenever I eat goat outside the house the taste is always amazing, but when I buy it I find it tastes terrible.

We loved this. A variation: I cut asparagus into tips and rounds adding the pieces decoratively to the top of the batter once it had been poured into the skillet and had a couple minutes in the oven to begin to set. The asparagus was not really thick so it cooked perfectly in the time it took the dutch baby to set. The trick is to keep the pieces small. I served a watercress endive salad on the side (because watercress is amazing).

Just made this for lunch, having only had a dutch baby once before (sweet blueberry), and never having cooked one. Although, I have failed at making popovers.I added garlic powder and Worcestershire to the batter and used my cast iron skillet, and would do both again in the future. Otherwise, this came out beautifully at the 20 minute mark, probably would have been too dark at 22. I did make sure my oven was very well preheated and let the batter rest before using. A real showstopper.

Made as is, and it turned out dense and did not puff up. 8 eggs is indeed too much.

8 eggs is literally insane. it turned out thick like a cake and kind of lumpy. still tastes good but you really only need 2-3 eggs. i should’ve known bc another dutch baby recipe i like only has 2 but i thought id give it a go.

Way too eggy for my taste. The goat cheese and honey are a good touch that I may use on another recipe.

I made a 1/3 batch, 3 eggs, in my 6.5” dia. skillet, height 1.5” which has an approx. volume of 50 sq.in., about 1/3 of the vol from a 12” dia, 1.5” height skillet. My instinct was to follow the proportions in this recipe, I’m glad I did. Julie’s suggestions will work but then you get a completely different result. Delicious flavors and marvelous textures is what Yewande gives us here.2.13.24 a first time for me.

This did not disappoint. Followed the recipe but cut in half using 4 jumbo eggs and a 9 inch cast iron pan—I was worried but it puffed beautifully. Used arugula. Thinking I will add a few toasted walnuts to the topping next time, but delicious as is. The drizzle of honey made it pretty much perfect.

Use fewer eggs

Bland flavor as much more goat cheese could be used, lacking garlic as well. Also agree with others here that noted the amount of eggs may be off. Mine was denser than I would've licked, in fact, the whole thing would've tasted better on naan or a pita or even pizza shell.

This was flavorful, but I don’t think it benefitted by having the cheese cooked in the Dutch Baby. The honey was novel, but I think I would pass in the future.

Made this morning and had to substitute dried dill weed but family absolutely adored it . Quite an elegant presentation too !

The flavours are delicious but like others, I found this slightly too dense and eggy for my liking. The dutch baby was really dense (and incredibly filling). Will make it again but play around with the batter ratios to see if I can make it a bit lighter.

This made for a spectacular meatless Monday dinner for my husband and I. It puffed up perfectly in the oven in our cast iron. I used a hot honey at the end. It was amazing and filling enough for dinner. Will make again!

I looked for comments from those who made the recipe as written and ignored comments about the egg/flour ratio from those who did not try the recipe as written before commenting. I used a cast iron pan and had a nice fluffy end result.

I used a smaller skillet (only one I had) and that definitely made it too many eggs. But it was delicious. I'll try it again with 4 eggs and a bit less goat cheese put in prior to cooking.